Willie Randolph described Mike Cameron as “a little banged up” before yesterday’s game and waited for Cameron to report before writing him in the lineup.

The Met right fielder has been gutting it out despite right quad and right knee problems, but he was lifted for pinch-hitter Marlon Anderson in the ninth.

Cameron dislocated his left ring finger while getting thrown out trying to steal in the third inning, and the finger swelled up.

“But it’s all right, dog, there’s no structural damage,” Cameron said following the 4-3 loss to the Angels. “It was blowing up over the course of the game.”

Cameron’s leg also seems to be bothering him. Besides the caught stealing, he also missed making a spectacular diving catch on Orlando Cabrera’s triple in the fifth, which led to a run.

He doubled off the center-field fence in the first and scored the first Met run, although he was running at little more than half-speed on the two-bagger.

On Saturday night, Cameron told the Post that his knee felt “almost like a bowling ball” after that game.

“Cammie’s hanging on by a thread,” teammate Doug Mientkiewicz said bluntly.

Pedro Martinez‘s fourth-inning RBI was his first since Aug. 2, 1996, when he was with Montreal.

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The note on Cliff Floyd‘s locker after Saturday night’s 5-3, 10th inning victory read, “I owe you whatever you want.” It was from Doug Mientkiewicz.

The Met first baseman was thankful Floyd picked him up with the three-run, walk-off jack after Mientkiewicz committed a key error that allowed the Angels to score a run in the top of the 10th.

Floyd joked yesterday that he had his eye on a new Bentley Continental GT, which he estimated at $150,000. Actually, one website noted that the 2006 version costs about $164,000 and said the car has a maximum speed of 198 MPH.

The Met slugger later said he might let Mientkiewicz off the hook by letting him pick up dinner.

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According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Anderson’s inside-the-park, pinch-hit homer on Saturday night was the first of its kind in Met history. Elias also reported that the last game-tying, inside-the-parker in the ninth inning in the majors came when the Padres’ Ruben Rivera did it on July 18, 2000.